Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reexhume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-ex-hume
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exhume again.

Example Sentences

"DNB, the German press agency, issued a statement from Mussolini, in which he ordered the Fascist party to reexhume itself and punish all traitors — a category of persons yet to be defined."
"However, it is only in the field of superior (predicative) knowledge that true possession of the known object is realized, which can be used at will, “which we can reexhume at any time, and of which we can give news to other people.”"
"Even when servicemen were hastily interred within U.S. lines, it was difficult to reexhume, get positive identifications, and prepare the bodies for shipment to the United States in the heat of the emergency."

Etymology

From re- + exhume.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

reexhumes (present, singular) reexhuming (participle, present) reexhumed (participle, past) reexhumed (past)

Questions

What does reexhume mean?: To exhume again.
Where does reexhume come from?: From re- + exhume.

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